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Chapter 12: Love

"Axel?" Roxas began.

"Hmm…"Axel asked taking a bit out of his sea salt ice cream as he stared at the never ending sunset.

"What's love?" Roxas continued.

"I don't remember! If you really want to know, ask Elizabeth! She's the one with a heart!" Axel retaliated.

He lowered his head and said," Not us."

He allowed himself to cool down for a few seconds before continuing," Why do you want to know anyway?"

I stepped out of the shadows and answered his question," He was with Xaldin today."

"Ahh…" Axle realized as I sat down and unwrapped my own ice cream. A few moments of silence passed before it was broken.

"So… What is love?" Roxas asked again. I took a few moments to collect my thoughts and found a poem that would be perfect.

"Love is patient,

Love is kind.

It does not envy,

It does not boast,

It is not proud,

It is not rude.

It is not self-seeking.

It keeps no record of wrong.

Love does not delight in evil,

But rejoices in the truth.

It always protects,

Always trusts,

Always hopes,

Always perseveres.

Love never fails." I recited.

I turned away from the sunset to look at their confused faces.

"Basically, love is a very complex emotion. Sometimes people try use it against you, like how Xaldin will try with Beast. Or, it can be your greatest strength. That strength is more powerful than that of anger, wrath, lust, pride, greed, envy, jealousy, rage, hatred, or any other negative emotion. It also lasts longer than any of the strengths you gain from those emotions. Roxas, I know that Xaldin told you that love is a weak; that it makes the heart vulnerable, that love can only make you weak, but, it's far from that." I began my lecture.

"Love is the strongest emotion there is. And if anyone doesn't know that and attempts to use it as a weakness, then they'll find out the hard way how wrong they are. Love can focus the strength from any other emotion and make it stronger by tenfold. Don't bother telling Xaldin this. He will never believe it. Not even with his dying breath. He'll only see you and I as weak." I finished. We all sat in silence and finished our ice cream.

As we got up to RTC Roxas had one more question," Is there only one way to love?"

I crouched down to his height and simply said," No."

"Roxas, there are more ways to love then there are people. Each person loves another in their own way." I explained.

Much like a five year old, Roxas asked," Elizabeth, do you love us?"

I kissed his forehead and asked him," Where did you get the idea that I didn't?"

I looked over to Axel; I tried to tell his exactly how much I loved him, but he was looking at the sunset, not me, Roxas was though. I looked back at Roxas and saw that he understood. I gave him a begging look, and he nodded in response. It was then that I had truly learned to love again. And with that realization was a pang of guilt, the old pang of grief. Two years after the fact, I still hadn't forgiven myself for my choice, my Impossible Choice.

My vision began to cloud as I heard a faint beeping. I walked through the corner door where everything went black. There the beeping grew louder along with a voice gently calling my name. I opened my closed eyes to see the off white walls of reality.

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